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- 25 May 1967-24 April 1974 (Creation)
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Comprises correspondence with John R Lucas (Philosopher, Merton College, Oxford) on common academic interests and on Bronowski reading and commenting on Lucas' writings including: 'Minds, Machines and Gödel' (relates to Bronowski's 'Logic of the Mind'), 'Satan Stultified' (typescript annotated with comments, enclosed), 'The Freedom of the Will' and 'The Concept of Probability'. Correspondence also relates to Lucas reading typescripts of Bronowski's Condon lectures on 'The Philosophy of Science'.
Also includes: a press cutting forwarded by Lucas about Bronowski personally replying to a query about 'The Ascent of Man'; a letter to Bronowski and typescript headed 'A fragment of a wad-to-be' from Fred Sommers on Gödel's theorems; a reprint of 'Truth and Proof' by Alfred Tarski (Jun 1969); reprints of 'Satan Stultified: a rejoinder to Paul Benacerraf' (from 'The Monist' Jan 1968), 'Euclides ab omni naevo vindicatus' (1969) and 'True' (Jul 1969) by Lucas; a copy of an annotated galley proof of 'Human and Machine Logic: a rejoinder' by Lucas; copies of 'Lucas against mechanism' by David Lewis and 'Goedel's theorem and mechanism' by David Coder.